Subject:World's largest flower blooms in Tokyo park

A giant flower, said to be one of the world's oldest and largest species, has bloomed at a Tokyo park for the first time in five years, it's reported.

The 2-metre-high (6.5 feet) Titan arum rarely flowers and is notoriously difficult to propagate. The Jindai botanical gardens in the city of Chofu have extended their opening hours especially to allow hundreds of visitors to see the flower, which only blooms for one or two days, Japan's Kyodo News Service reports.

Subject:Re: World's largest flower blooms in Tokyo park

Written By:Philip Enoon07/24/15 at 8:46 am

We went to the Jindai botanical gardens last April, I want to be there now!

Subject:Re: World's largest flower blooms in Tokyo park

A giant flower, said to be one of the world's oldest and largest species, has bloomed at a Tokyo park for the first time in five years, it's reported.

The 2-metre-high (6.5 feet) Titan arum rarely flowers and is notoriously difficult to propagate. The Jindai botanical gardens in the city of Chofu have extended their opening hours especially to allow hundreds of visitors to see the flower, which only blooms for one or two days, Japan's Kyodo News Service reports.

That's a huge flower!

Subject:Re: World's largest flower blooms in Tokyo park

Written By:apollonia1986on07/24/15 at 3:13 pm

What is that thing in the middle? It's looks.... obscene. ;D

Subject:Re: World's largest flower blooms in Tokyo park

Written By:Howardon07/24/15 at 3:37 pm

What is that thing in the middle? It's looks.... obscene. ;D

I don't think you'd want to know!

Subject:Re: World's largest flower blooms in Tokyo park

Written By:Philip Enoon07/24/15 at 3:39 pm

What is that thing in the middle? It's looks.... obscene. ;Dhttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Titan-arum1web.jpg/330px-Titan-arum1web.jpg